Newham businesses come together to improve Higher Newham Lane

Thursday 1st August, 2024

Over 20 businesses and landlords based in Newham Industrial Estate have come together to resurface Higher Newham Lane. 

Last year, organisations based in the area highlighted the issue of worsening potholes on Higher Newham Lane. The potholes had begun to deepen and had started to cause access issues, affecting their daily business.

Following a meeting with businesses earlier this year hosted by Newham BID, generous donations were received from 20 businesses and landlords totalling over £24,000 to retarmac the road. 

Tanya Blackman, Director of Kartha, one of the businesses who contributed to this fund said: “We were really pleased with the support provided by Newham BID. The road was a mess and we had had several flat tyres amongst the team here at Kartha, which I suspect was caused by the state of the tarmac. The businesses around here are great and all came together alongside Newham BID to get it sorted, but we couldn’t have done it without Mel!”

Mel Richardson, Newham BID Manager was happy to see business as usual resume. “We worked hard to coordinate and facilitate this work to the estate, but this was really down to the businesses who came together to invest in improving the estate. It’s a fantastic example of the community developed here.”